Man charged in overdose death pleads not guilty

TROY - A Sidney man pleaded not guilty Thursday, July 27, to felony charges of involuntary manslaughter and corrupting another with drugs in the death of a woman Piqua police said died from a heroin overdose.

Bail for Darin Reineke, 49, formerly of Piqua, was continued at $255,000 cash or surety by Judge Christopher Gee in Miami County Common Pleas Court. Bail initially was set at a hearing in county Municipal Court.

Piqua police said they were called to a Manning Street home Reineke shared with Tabatha Murphy, 45, on Feb. 1. They found Murphy unresponsive.

Reineke’s next court hearing, a pretrial, was scheduled Aug. 7

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